Don't Get Me Started with Linda Sharp

I'm Easily Amused...

The kids have talked me into one last hurrah before soccer takes hold of our lives again this weekend.

Thursday, I will be taking them and their friends to San Antonio to enjoy a day of amusement at Six Flags (although, I must say there is nothing amusing about the cost).

I'm looking forward to having a day of fun with them, and go figure, I HATE heights, but I LOVE roller coasters. (I love funnel cakes too...)

So talk amongst yourselves - the comments are ON.  I am happy to report it has been a quiet day in my inbox.  And I hope that continues.

Toodles...

Killer or Coder?

Just got this one from Jennifer.  It's a ten picture go-with-your-gut quiz.  You will look at a photo and have to decide if the person is a Bill Gates or a Ted Bundy.

I only got 6 out of 10 right, and that's only because I actually recognized one of the people.

How will you do?  Chime in, but let me tell you... you'll look at old Bill a little warily from now on.

http://www.malevole.com/mv/misc/killerquiz/

Alarming

Getting the kids up for school is not really an issue in my house.  I am up long before the sun, and when I come into their rooms, they know by now that they either get up immediately or my foot will assist them.

But if you leave it to your child to set an alarm clock, and are constantly having to follow up thanks to an overuse of the snooze button, this one may push that whole "rise and shine" factor into overdrive.

Meet Clocky.

You have one chance to get up when "told" and if you do not respond, it wheels itself off the nightstand or dresser and begins navigating around the room forcing you to get up, find it, and turn it off.  (Apparently it is fairly LOUD)

The only problem I have with it is that as sound as Culley sleeps, it would have to run over her face, through her hair, and inside her pajamas before it would even make her roll over.

But if you think it would work for your kids (or you, come on, you know you have a love affair with your current Snooze Button), Clocky can be yours for roughly $39.95 - $49.95 depending on the store. 

I think I'll just save my money and leave it to Nugget to keep waking me up by sitting on my face.

The Father, Son, and Holy Feline?

Look closely.  Do you see it?

Closer...

Come on.  Don't tell me YOU don't see it.

Here, look again...

Still not seeing it?

OK, I'll help you out. 

You, my friend, are looking into the beatific face of a holy cat.

According to his owners, who have joined the ranks of those who have turned stained windows, underpasses, grilled cheese, chicken nuggets, and cheetos into religious iconography, this little kitty's fur holds the face of Jesus - circa Shroud of Tourin.

I don't know.  I look one time and think I can see some semblance of what would get them to thinking that.  But then I look at Nugget and think, maybe not.  After all, given all his stripeage, depending on my distance and how much I squint, I can see a skateboarder, a shooting star, and a bowl of spaghetti.

Now, Jesus may have liked a good bowl of spaghetti, I don't know.  But I don't see him hanging off my cat.

Ah well, as I always say when these things "appear", if it makes the people feel happy, better, enlightened - then more power to them or the chicken nugget. 

I don't think you have to see to believe, but I that know for some people believing is certainly enhanced by seeing.

And that's purrrrfectly fine.

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Update, THIS is actually the are of the sighting - his belly.  Thank you to Carri from MI for clarifying!

More Christian - The Story Behind The Video

When the 30+ year old video became a sensation last week, sweeping across the internet and our tear ducts, I know I can't have been the only person who wanted to know MORE.

I Googled the names of the gentlemen, Rendall and Bourke, who raised Christian and whose reunion moves me to tears each time I watch it (and I've turned into something of a Christian-the-Lion junkie - watching it almost daily), but I could not find much beyond the video itself.

Well, the two gentlemen appeared on The Today Show and the story is even more beautiful.  I have embedded the piece at the bottom here, but if you cannot get it to load (Paul :O)), you can follow the link, and be sure to check out the slide show there containing some truly fun and funny pictures of young Christian, the most swingin', and surely the coolest cat in all of London back in the day.

http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/25929574/

Thank you to Mary Beth for sending it my way!

Who Left The Cake Out In The Rain, Dammit?!?

Katy - as I said in the comments - not one of his shining moments, but hey, even Leonard Nimoy fancied himself a singer at one time.

This is a nice tribute I found at YouTube, backed by his warbling of MacArthur's Park. (You may need to scroll down and hit the Pause button on the Josh Groban song first.)

Ahhhh, that sweet green icing.  Who in the hell puts GREEN icing all over a cake?  :OP

For Chicky Chick...

Is this better? :O)

For Boneslides And Her Room With No Windows

Potheads Rejoice! A Little Visual Toke For You!

The trailer for the upcoming Harry Potter movie - Half Blood Prince - is out.  Culley, one of the bigger "Potheads" you'll meet squealed while watching it.  (I guess that's good?)

Dude, Where's My Litterbox?

Got this from Leigh - good laugh to start the day.  :O)